Moving To Suffolk

[sean sean sean sean]

Originally Posted by Jrprofess

I am still pretty positive though South Setauket does not really "exist" in a Walter Greenspan kind of way....

It exists as a neighborhood in Centereach, but not as a legally recognized municipal entity (ie: hamlet, village, city, town).

[OhBeeHave]

Originally Posted by rockypointny

does anyone actually know what happened to clamboy?

Shucked and steamed.

[OhBeeHave]

OhBeeHave - Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the "South Setauket" neighborhood nearly all Levitt homes? That'd mean they were built before ZIP codes existed, and probably why it was a big deal to change the name at the post office.....nowadays I don't think it matters what you write on a piece of mail at all as long as the robot machines can read the 5 digits at the end.

The South Setauket Park homes are all by one developer, but I don't know if they were Levitt. A number of the 'letter' street homes in Stony Brook were.

Many of the development homes out here were built after 1963 which was when the first zip codes were established. The USPS has a series of planned, timed routes and one section of a post office can simply be lopped off to another post office which is probably what was wanted/desired -- a Setauket zip. So they won part of the battle obtaining 'South Setauket' for the name, but remained in the Centereach PO for routing purposes.

My college friend lived in Chappaqua; we would send him mail addressed to Chappastick, Chappawhatever, Chappedalips. As long as we had the right zip, he received his mail.

[OhBeeHave]

Originally Posted by Jrprofess

I do not believe that is the case. I am pretty sure it has the same mish- mosh style of homes that most of that area (Centereach, Selden, Holtsville, Farmingville) has. In driving through the area that never really popped out at me.

As for the school rezoning comment I made earlier. I was relating a story that a friend of ours shared regarding her childhood home in Centereach having been rezoned for Three Village. I believe it was around 2000 give or take?? My comments about South Setauket gaining steam as a regional name were partially tongue-in-cheek based on the new school rezoning. I am still pretty positive though South Setauket does not really "exist" in a Walter Greenspan kind of way.... A quick glance at MLSLI lists all 38 of the South Setauket homes in Three village, and there are two in Centereach that appear to be that district as well.

I've been here since 1996 and I do not recall any rezoning of that nature. Perhaps the person who owned the house personally petitioned for the change? Our elementary and Jr High School boundaries were shifted to balance out the school populations as some areas in the district were more heavily student populated than others. That was internal, though.

South Setauket is a a moniker and nothing more. Some people would rather say they're from Setauket as opposed to Centereach. What was it Shakespeare said about roses?

[alexei27]

Originally Posted by rockypointny

does anyone actually know what happened to clamboy?

It was weird...I had a good conversation with him when I moved out here in Nov...then nothing. He gave me some great advice on the towns around where i am living now which was very accurate.

Perhaps we need a "Where's Clamboy" thread...